Music Magazine Questionnaire Results

After receiving all my questionnaires back I compiled the results together to make them easier to read. Here they are:

Compiling Music Magazine Questionnaire Results

Question 1: Would you be interested in buying a music magazine?

 

Question 2: What type of music do you like?

Indie: 9 people                       People chose more than one type of music that they liked.

Rock: 6 people          

Rap: 5 people

Dance: 4 people

RnB: 11 people

Pop: 9 people

Country: 2 people

Everything: 2 people

Question 3: In relation to your answer to the previous question, what would you name the music magazine?

·         Inside Indie                                                              

·         Beats

·         Riff

·         Top Pop

·         Music Madness

·         Tunage

·         THE MUSIC MAGAZINE!

·         MUSIC4U!

·         Unplugged

·         Madmag

·         Rhythm

·         RRip mUsic

·         6 people weren’t sure what to call it

Question 4: What’s the maximum you’d be willing to pay for the magazine?

 

Question 5: Would you prefer features on older or newer music?

Question 6: What features grab your attention?

·         New and upcoming artists

·         Favourable artists

·         Music artist gossip

·         Catchy headlines

·         Attractive people on the front cover

·         Bright colours

·         New releases

·         Interviews with celebrities

·         Celeb Gossip

·         Top 40

·         Images

·         Posters

·         Funny features

·         Main article/ main image

·         Cover stories

·         Interviews and reviews

·         New singles/ albums

Question 7: What features would you particularly not be interested in?

·         Old bands

·         Boring ones

·         Instruments

·         Gossip

·         Stats of music sales

·         Large amounts of text

·         Small pointless stories

·         Advertisements

·         Interviews with arrogant music artists

·         Interviews

·         Loads of reviews

·         Info about record labels or artists managers

Question 8: Would you like the kind of language to be formal or informal?

100% chose informal and conversational.

Question 9: What would be your preferred colour scheme? (Maximum 4 colours)

·         Orange, red, brown and yellow.

·         Green, brown, white

·         Pink

·         Black, blue and white

·         Orange, Pink, Black

·         Red, black, white X 2

·         Primary colours

·         Black, Pink, White, Red

·         black/white/pink/blue

·         white, black, purple

·         Turquoise, baby pink, baby green and yellow

·         pink, white, grey

·         black, white, blues and reds

·         Black, pink, grey

·         pink, black, white, blue

·         Blue, white

·         Black and Neon green

Question 10: On the front cover would you like a male or female artist/s?

Male:  6 people said this

Female: 3 people said this

Either: 5 people said this

Both:  3 people said this

Don’t mind: 1 person said this

Question 11: On the front cover would you prefer a group/band or a solo artist?

Either: 6 people said this

Group: 7 people said this

Solo Artist: 5 people said this

Question 12: What props would you like to see on the front cover with the band/solo artist?

• Guitar
• Nothing
• Microphone
• ‘bling’
• Funny or comical props
• Instruments/amps
• Things that relate to their personality
• Broomstick

Question 13: Where would you like the front cover image to have been taken?

Photography Studio: 11 said this would be better

Outdoors: 7 said this would be better

Question 14: How often would you like an issue to be published?
Monthly: 10 people suggested this

Weekly: 3 people said this

Fortnightly: 4 people suggested this

Seasonal: Only one person said this

Question 15: What freebies would you expect?

• Tokens that after a certain amount are collected amount to a free ticket to a gig.
• Offers/discounts for HMV
• None, except if they relate to that particular issue
• None
• Discounts
• Demo CD’s
• Lip Gloss and a CD
• Posters
• Headphones
• CD’s
• Nothing- maybe just a single every now and then of the cover artist
• Vouchers
• Scarf
• New Single Release
• Signed guitar pick

Question 16: Do you normally read the editors letter on the contents page? If no answer question 17.

Question 17: What would make you read the editors letter?

• If the editor was good-looking and the letter was directed entirely at people of our age and if it had information about upcoming concerts and gigs.
• Make it more obvious
• Light-hearted, chatty language
• Straight to the point, standing out, not too long and rambly
• Personal involvement/opinions
• Make it more fun, possibly a few pictures
• More humorous, less formal approach
• Interesting related information
• A picture of the editor smiling
• More interesting looking page as they normally just have black/white writing and background
• If it was short and sweet and looked appealing to read
• Attractive colours, interesting information and images
• If it had pictures

In my next blog will be my action plan that I devised after receiving this questionnaire results back.